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章 31: Chosen Champions

Cross was sitting in the great hall with the rest of the students, along with the students of other schools. He was sitting on a bench, since the tables were pushed to the side.

Dumbledore stood in the middle of the room and said "Now the moment you've all been waiting for! The champion selection!" he waved and the fires dimmed to little flames as he walked towards the Goblet of Fire.

The fire turned red and shot out a piece of paper. Dumbledore caught it and said "The Durmstrand Champion is.. Viktor Krum!" the Durmstrang students cheered and Viktor stood up, looking at Cross with a smirk as he walked to the front of the hall.

The fire turned red again and another papers came out, Dumbledore caught it and said "The Beauxbatons champion is Fleur Delacour!" the Beauxbatons students clapped and Fleur got up, smiling lightly, glancing in Cross' direction before walking towards the front.

The Goblet turned red again before the whole Goblet trembled and another paper burst out, spiraling into the air wildly before floating towards Dumbledore. The students were confused and Dumbledore caught the paper before looking at it silently.

Cross was reading and Dumbledore looked at him for a split second before saying "The Hogwarts champion... is Cross Greengrass." his expression was solemn and all the students turned to Cross with dumbfounded expressions, some students stood up and complained "This is bullshit! He's not even 17! He must've cheated!"

The students started a ruckus and Dumbledore shouted "SILENCE!" Cross looked at Dumbledore with a bored expression as he said "Pick someone else. I'm not competing. I didn't even put my name in it."

Dumbledore was silent, while Igor and Maxime said "Then we pick another one." Bartimus stod up and said "Impossible! The Goblet has a magical binding contract to those who are chosen!" Cross kept a blank expression, but his eyes sneered as he said "I will not participate."

Krum sneered and spoke in Russian "Why not? Scared? I thought you were going to embarrass me?" Cross returned "Quiet. Unlike your head, mine isn't filled with muscles." Krum laughed and said "If you're scared just say so!"

Cross was silent and Fleur smiled lightly as she spoke in French "I can protect you, if you desire, Cross~" Cross clicked his tongue and replied in French "Enough! You're petty charms will not work on me. Filthy Veela." Fleur smiled brightly and kept her silence.

Dumbledore's eyes flashed as he said "You must." Cross stood up and sneered as he said wildly "Fine! You want to play?! Then we'll play!" he got off the bench and walked to the front as he said "It's too late to regret now."

He sneered in Krum's direction as he said in English for everyone to hear "You want embarrassment? Then I'll embarrass you. Greatest Seeker in the world my ass." his ears twitched and he cracked his fingers as he added "You're nothing in front of me."

The whole great hall sucked in a cold breath of air. Draco clapped and the entirety of Hogwarts broke into raucous cheers.

Krum grinded his teeth and glared at Cross as he said "You will regret your words, pretty boy." Cross snorted and dug out his ear with his finger as he said "What was that, fish boy? I don't understand retard." Krum clenched his fists and grinded his teeth, that were slowly turning sharp.

Cross goaded with a crazy grin "You want to do it here?" as he took out his wand. Krum grinned, revealing a row of sharp teeth as he pulled out his wand and said "I don't mind at all!" Igor smacked Krum in the head with his staff, while Moody hit Cross with his.

Igor shouted "Enough! Wait for the tournament!" Moody just looked at Cross silently before hobbling away. Cross put away his wand and sneered, Fleur moved to his side and whispered "An Elf hiding in the Humans.. Very interesting."

Cross gave her a glance and said "If you let anyone else know.." he leaned in close and his voice was cold as ice as he said "There won't be a Veela left to tell the tale. I assume you want your sister to be safe?"

Fleur trembled and a strange blush appeared on her face as she said "O-Of course!" her thighs rubbed against each other and Cross sneered "Get away from me, disgusting creature." Fleur went to the side and her face still had a deep blush across her face.

Cross snorted and stood in the middle of Krum and Fleur as he looked at the rest of the students, now all the males were glaring at him while the females were looking at him angrily. The Durmstrang students were angry while the Beauxbaton students had infatuated looks on their faces.

Cross ignored them all and started reading his book in front of everyone. Moody, standing by the side. laughed, McGonagall said "My word...". Hermione looked concerned while Luna had a faint smile on her face, but her fists were tightly clenched as she glared at Cross angrily, shifting from Fleur to him occasionally.

Dumbledore said "Excellent! We have our three champions, albeit with minor changes, but please remember once you are chosen.. There is no turning back! Also, there can only be one who will go down in history! Only one will hoist this vessel of Victory! The Triwizard Cup!"

As he pointed to the sheet covering something, the sheet flew up and displayed a light blue glowing trophy.

The Goblet of Fire started to flare up and turn red as it spat out one last paper. Dumbledore caught it and said "Harry Potter..." he looked up and shouted "Harry Potter!" Harry got up and slowly walked towards Dumbledore.

Dumbledore looked at harry as his eyes flashed and he handed him a piece of paper with his name on it. Harry took it and slowly walked to the front, while everyone looked at him, nobody said anything but they were confused.

Cross had already went from Hogwarts and there could only be one chosen, so who was Harry competing for? Hogwarts 2?

Harry stood next to Cross and whispered "Strange isn't it?" Cross smiled and said "Actually it's not strange at all." Harry was confused but Cross didn't explain and kept his silence.

A while later

The four competitors were sent to a room under the great hall.

Cross was sitting in a chair, reading, as the rest stood around. Krum was grumbling, Fleur was blushing with a vacant expression, and Harry was fiddling with his fingers anxiously.

The four heard multiple voices coming down the stairs, Cross took a single glance before going back to reading. The other three looked over and Dumbledore stormed in, grabbing onto Harry and said calmly "HARRY DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE?!!??!?!?!?!?!?!"

Harry shook his head and said "No, Sir."

Maxime said "But of course he is lying!" Moody shouted "The hell he is! The Goblet is an extremely powerful Magical Object! Only an extremely strong Confundus Charm could have hoodwinked it! Magic way beyond the talents of a fourth year!"

Igor got in his face and said "You seem to have given this a lot of thought, Mad Eye!" Moody said dangerously "It used to be my job to think as Dark Wizards do, Karkarov. Perhaps you remember.." Igor's face turned ugly and Dumbledore said angrily "That's not helping, Alastor!"

He walked passed him and said "I'll leave this to you Barty."

Bartimus said "The rules are absolute, just like the case of Mr. Greengrass. The magical contract has already binded him. Mr. Potter has no choice, he is, as of tonight. A Triwizard Champion!"

Harry gulped and Cross rolled his eyes. A very beautiful play. Cross looked around the room at the teachers Snape, McGonagall, the man playing Moody, Dumbledore.. They were all here, now the question was, who put his and Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire?

Cross had an idea for Harry, but himself? He only had suspicions.

Dumbledore waved and said "That's enough for tonight. Everyone return to their dorms. Barty's decision is final." The 4 students left the room, going to their dorms to sleep.

Cross walked out of the room and there was a group of people standing there, seemingly waiting for them.

Cross looked up and said "What." The Beauxbaton girls blushed at his cold tone while the Durmstrang guys said in Russian "You will be crushed by Krum, pretty boy." Cross sneered and said "Oh yeah? Says who? You? A pussy, who didn't even put his name forward?"

Cross got in their faces and grinned as he said "Unlike you, even if I was forced into participating, I'm not crying about it. Why don't you go back home and play with your staves, leave the Tournament to the big boys."

The Durmstrang guys didn't say anything and Cross snorted with a sneer as he knocked shoulders with them, pushing past the group and walking away.

Some of the Beauxbaton girls fainted with red faces, while the Durmstrang guys clenched their fists.

The Hogwarts students watching were in awe, watching Cross walk away alone.

Cross turned the corner and his haughty expression smoothed out to a cold blank one. Luna was sitting on a bench and saw Cross coming, she smiled and said "A new performance? Have you considered acting? Muggles would love you."

Cross smiled softly and rubbed his nose as he said "You could tell?" Luna giggled and replied "Of course I could.." her smile turned fake as she said "Fleur, eh?" Cross was stunned and said "Well you see. She's a Veela, and I hate Veela. It just so happens that, that gets her going I guess."

Luna laughed and shook her head saying "So nervous?" Cross rubbed his nose again and said "You.. Really.." Luna smiled and held his hand as she said "So what's the plan now?" Cross got serious and said "Act as arrogant as possible. If I'm not low-key, I'll be as high-key as possible. Hopefully, I can lower whoever is behind this' guard and make them take bolder actions."

Cross paused for a moment before adding "Hopefully they think I've become arrogant because of my strength and underestimate me, if so then it's worth it. If not then, I'll still be ready for whatever plans they have next.."

Luna squeezed his hand and said "Still.. Isn't this too risky?" Cross shook his head and said "A necessary risk. I won't show all of my power during the Tournament, I'll keep a few things hidden.. Unless I'm forced into a corner, but I don't think that will happen."

He looked at Luna and smiled as he said "Worried?" Luna nodded gently and Cross felt warm inside, he stroked the back of her hand with his thumb as he said "Don't be. I have everything under control."

Luna nodded and smiled as she said softly "Just be careful." Cross grinned and said "When have I not been?" Luna rolled her eyes and smiled knowingly as she said "About to start a fight in the great hall with Viktor Krum?"

Cross coughed and said "Part of the act." Luna smiled sweetly and said "Sure it was..." Cross coughed again and looked away saying "Exactly, anyway shouldn't you go back to Ravenclaw?" Luna giggled and kissed his cheek before skipping away saying "Don't be jealous~"

Cross turned green and rubbed his cheek with a silly smile before walking towards the Slytherin house mumbling "As if I could be jealous of him..." he chuckled and added "Heh. If anything he should be jealous of me!" before disappearing from the halls, teleporting back to his room when he was in a safe spot.


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章 32: Dragon Event

The next day

Cross was walking to class reading a book as usual, students from Hogwarts passed by him and started whispering amongst each other. Cross ignored them but the mutterings were getting annoying, he was pulled away by Harry.

Cross looked at Harry and said "Yes?" Harry said "We have to go take a picture for the Daily Prophet." Cross sighed and said "Really? So annoying." Harry nodded in agreement and they went to the room under the great hall.

Krum and Fleur were already there, Krum snorted and said "Wasting everyone's time." Cross ignored him and looked at Harry as he said "Did you hear something?" Krum was incensed and Harry decided to not get involved.

Cross walked to the chair and said in French "Beat it." Fleur blushed again and got out of the chair. Cross sat down and leaned his elbow on the chair, resting his cheek on his knuckles as he looked at the blonde reporter.

Krum clicked his tongue and Harry just stood behind the chair awkwardly, in between Fleur and Krum.

Cross had a bored expression on his face as a man took a picture. The flash receded and teh woman said "What a charismatic quartet!" she walked forward and said "I'm Rita Skeeter and I write for the Daily Prophet, but you already knew that." she touched Cross' cheek only to be slapped away by him.

Rita looked around, not bothered, as she continued "It's you nobody knows. You're the juicy news, what quirks lurk beneath those Rosy cheeks, what mysteries do those muscles mask, does courage lie beneath those curls? In short, what makes a champion tick?"

She looked around with a big smile and added "Me, myself, and I want to know. Not to mention my raved readers, SO who's feeling up to sharing?" Nobody answered and Rita hummed before saying "The arrogant Ice prince, you're first. Come on!"

Cross rolled his eyes and said "No thanks." Rita clicked her tongue and replied "Don't be such a stiff. This way!" as she left, expecting Cross to follow. The other three looked at Cross, who groaned and muttered "Fucking..." before following, keen on finishing this as soon as possible.

Cross entered a broom closet and Rita said "Quite comfortable, isn't it?" Cross said "For someone like you, you must love places like this." as he sat down. Rita ignored the comment and sat down, a pad and quill flew out as she started speaking "So tell me, Cross. An unknown boy like you, competing with legends like the boy who lived, the 'world's greatest seeker', and the most beautiful girl at Beauxbaton, how does the pressure feel?"

Cross looked at her and replied "No pressure at all. I would like to ask you a question, Ms. Skeeter. Does the Ministry know that you are an Animagus?" Rita made a throat cutting motion and the quill stopped as he said coldly "What do you want?"

Cross smiled and said "I wonder what would happen if they found out?" Rita was silent and Cross added sweetly "If a lovely woman such as yourself, could write a normal interview instead of" he cleared his throat and continued "'His eyes shook with fear at the thought of his insurmountable competitors' then perhaps you could continue on with your insect spying."

Rita smiled and said "Very well." she gave the quill a thumbs up and the quill started writing again as Cross said "No pressure at all. I will win, I am the best of the competitors." Rita was surprised and smiled as she said "What are your thoughts on the others?"

Cross replied "Krum is just a big fish swimming in a small pond, Harry could be an interesting opponent while Ms. Fleur Delacour could do to pay more attention to herself than others." Rita was excited and continued "Why did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?"

Cross narrowed his eyes and made a silence gesture, Rita waved and Cross said "I didn't, but you can just write that I thought the other Hogwarts students were too weak to win, so I took matter into my own hands." Rita clapped and said "So arrogant! It will be my best interview!"

Cross said "Well, we can help each other in the future perhaps?" Rita raised a brow and said "Oh? How so?" Cross smiled and said "In the future you will know. There's more going on that could make you the most famous reporter in the entire wizarding world."

Rita got excited and said "Then, I will wait with bated breaths." Cross smiled and left the broom closet saying "You can also say this 'Krum's 'World's best Seeker' title will be mine before the year ends." Cross slowly sneered "Of course, if he isn't too scared to step up to the challenge." before opening the door and walking away, leaving Rita beyond thrilled as the Quill wrote frantically.

Cross left and said to the others "You're turn." before leaving the room with his book.

A few days later

The newspapers circulated around the school already and the Durmstrang guys were enraged. The Hogwarts students were a bit angry as well, the only one's who weren't mad were the Beauxbaton girls, but they get excited over everything he did so he ignored them.

Cross was reading in the courtyard while people whispered, looking in his direction. Cross noticed that everyone was wearing a badge that said "Potter Stinks." he looked up and saw some kids from Hufflepuff stopped Harry to show him the badge.

Harry ignored them and walked over to Cross.

Luna also walked over and sat next to Cross with a smile, Harry stopped in front of him and said "A word?" Cross said with a smile "Is it about the badges? I wouldn't be bothered, the students from Hufflepuff are irrelevant anyway."

The Hufflepuff students snorted and Cross said with a louder voice "Are you even a real house? Haven't heard you win a house cup or even get any points since I've been here!" They blushed in embarrassment, not able to come up with a reply, as they ran away.

Cross chuckled and Harry shook his head as he said "Thanks." Cross said "No problem." Harry said seriously "The first task is dragons. I saw 4 dragons in the forest with Hagrid." Cross' eyes lit up and he asked "Really?! Can I keep it after?"

Harry was stunned and said "I- I don't know." Cross clicked his tongue before saying "Thanks, Harry. What type of dragons did you see?" Harry shook his head and said "I only know one of them and it was a Horntail." Luna hummed and chimed "Dangerous one.. Full of scalefleas."

Cross nodded and said "That's right. Good luck, Harry." Harry nodded and walked away. Cross watched him go before saying to Luna "Wanna bet he gets the Horntail?" Luna shook her head and replied "I already know he will."

Cross clicked his tongue and went back to his book as he said "Want to learn Elven?" Luna's eyes lit up as she said "Can I?!" Cross smiled and nodded, Luna cheered and scooted next to him as Cross started teaching her.

They were interrupted by a scream. Cross noticed how close Luna was to him, their faces were centimeters apart. They looked into each other's eyes and Cross turned his head to the scream as he said "What's going on over there?" Luna smiled sweetly and leaned on his arm as she looked over.

Moody was bouncing a Ferret in the air while shouting curses.

Cross chuckled and said "Draco is being impulsive again. Can't he just stay out of things? Honestly..." Luna added for own two cents "Maybe he likes to get embarrassed?" Cross smiled and said "I guess he does.." before turning back and saying softly "Shall we continue?"

Luna smiled softly and nodded as Cross started again, spending the rest of the time teaching Luna how to speak Elven.

A few more days later

Cross was sitting in a tent under an arena, reading his book as the rest looked nervous. Harry was talking to the curtain, while Fleur and Krum were pacing with serious looks. Cross wasn't too worried, it was just a dragon/wyvern, not a problem at all. The problem for him was how to make it as arrogant as possible...

Suddenly a flash of light occurred.

Rita walked in and said with a sigh "Ahhh young love! How sweet!" Cross looked over to seen Hermione hugging Harry. He was surprised, since when did Hermione like Harry.. It seemed like he spoke too soon.

Hermione looked nervous and glanced in Cross' direction before letting out a breath of relief seeing no change in expression.

Krum stood up and said to Rita "You shouldn't be here. It's for Champions and friends only." Rita smiled and said "Of course!" as she took a picture of Krum, Fleur, and Cross as well.

Cross rolled his eyes and kept reading from his book, looking bored.

Dumbledore walked in with Bartimus, Igor, Maxime, and Filtch. Dumbledore said "Good day, Champions! You've waited and wondered and finally the day has arrived! The day only 4 of you can fully appreciate! Hm? Ms. Granger, what are you doing here?"

Hermione looked awkward and Cross said "I asked her to keep my book with her." Dumbledore looked at Cross deeply before smiling as he said "Very well." Cross handed his book to Hermione and whispered "Open it later." Hermione nodded and left with the book.

Bartimus said "Alright everyone! Circle up!" The four circled up and Bartimus held out a bag as he said "Ms. Delacour, if you will!" Fleur reached her hand in the bag before pulling out a small dragon, Bartimus said "The Welsh Green." before moving to Viktor Krum, who did the same.

Bartimus said "The Chinese Fireball! Ouuuu." he moved to Cross and said "Mr. Greengrass." Cross reached his hand in the bag and pulled out a small dragon, Bartimus said "The Swedish Short-Snout." before moving on to Harry as he said "And finally, Mr. Potter."

Harry pulled out the dragon he already knew he was getting and Bartimus confirmed it as he said "The Hungarian Horntail!" he closed the bag and stepped back as he looked at all the students saying "These four represent very real dragons. Each of which has been given a Golden Egg to protect. Your objective is simple, collect the egg. This you must do, because the egg contains a clue without which you cannot hope to proceed to the next task. Any questions?"

Cross said "Can we keep the dragons afterwards?" Bartimus was stunned and said "No, my apologies." Cross clicked his tongue and Dumbledore said "Moving on. Mr. Greengrass at the sound of the canon you may-"

BOOM!

The canon went off and Filtch said from above "Sorry." Dumbledore looked at Filtch before saying to Cross with an unreadable expression in his eyes "You may start us off, Mr. Greengrass." Cross nodded and threw the little dragon sculpture at Krum before leaving the tent without hesitation.

Cross walked out of the tent to the arena and everyone cheered, chanting "Cross! Cross! Cross!"

Cross ignored them and looked at the chained up dragon, he pulled out his wand and flicked it as a barrier blocked the flames. Cross walked forward leisurely, getting closer to the dragon.

The dragon roared angrily and snapped his head forward at him, the crowd screamed in fear.

Cross sneered and his eyes turned sharp as the pressure he unlocked gushed out of his body, falling on the dragon alone.

Cross put his wand away and slapped the Dragon's head right into the ground. The entire arena was silenced and had their mouths wide open in shock. The dragon roared and Cross said "Hmm?" before slapping it again.

The dragon reeled back in fear and Cross said coldly "Go get me the egg. Now!" the dragon trembled and flew over to the egg, holding it in it's mouth before flying back over and dropping it in Cross' hands.

The dragon nuzzled it's head against Cross and whimpered.

The audience was stunned silly and someone said "Oi.. Is that a dog?" there were gulping sounds and Cross stroked it's head softly, coo'ing it. He stepped on it's head and whistled. The dragon raised him to the crowd and Cross stepped off with the egg as the Dragon went back to the arena.

The announcer gulped before saying "C-Cross is successful!" Cross waved to the crowd and left the arena.


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